PMID- 21775452 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111031 LR - 20211231 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 19 DP - 2011 Oct TI - CD11c controls herpes simplex virus 1 responses to limit virus replication during primary infection. PG - 9945-55 LID - 10.1128/JVI.05208-11 [doi] AB - CD11c is expressed on the surface of dendritic cells (DCs) and is one of the main markers for identification of DCs. DCs are the effectors of central innate immune responses, but they also affect acquired immune responses to infection. However, how DCs influence the efficacy of adaptive immunity is poorly understood. Here, we show that CD11c(+) DCs negatively orchestrate both adaptive and innate immunity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) ocular infection. The effectiveness and quantity of virus-specific CD8(+) T cell responses are increased in CD11c-deficient animals. In addition, the levels of CD83, CD11b, alpha interferon (IFN-alpha), and IFN-beta, but not IFN-gamma, were significantly increased in CD11c-deficient animals. Higher levels of IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, and CD8(+) T cells in the CD11c-deficient mice may have contributed to lower virus replication in the eye and trigeminal ganglia (TG) during the early period of infection than in wild-type mice. However, the absence of CD11c did not influence survival, severity of eye disease, or latency. Our studies provide for the first time evidence that CD11c expression may abrogate the ability to reduce primary virus replication in the eye and TG via higher activities of type 1 interferon and CD8(+) T cell responses. FAU - Allen, Sariah J AU - Allen SJ AD - Center for Neurobiology and Vaccine Development-SSB3, Regenerative Medicine Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. FAU - Mott, Kevin R AU - Mott KR FAU - Chentoufi, Aziz A AU - Chentoufi AA FAU - BenMohamed, Lbachir AU - BenMohamed L FAU - Wechsler, Steven L AU - Wechsler SL FAU - Ballantyne, Christie M AU - Ballantyne CM FAU - Ghiasi, Homayon AU - Ghiasi H LA - eng GR - R01 EY013191/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - EY15557/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - EY13615/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI089553/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY014966/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - EY013191/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-AI-89553/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY013615/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY015557/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20110720 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (CD11c Antigen) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD11c Antigen/immunology/*metabolism MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Eye/immunology/virology MH - Eye Infections/immunology/pathology/virology MH - Herpes Simplex/immunology/pathology/virology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Human/*immunology/*pathogenicity MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Rodent Diseases/immunology/pathology/virology MH - Survival Analysis MH - Trigeminal Ganglion/immunology/virology MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC3196403 EDAT- 2011/07/22 06:00 MHDA- 2011/11/01 06:00 PMCR- 2012/04/01 CRDT- 2011/07/22 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/11/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.05208-11 [pii] AID - 5208-11 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.05208-11 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2011 Oct;85(19):9945-55. doi: 10.1128/JVI.05208-11. Epub 2011 Jul 20.